different between heckle vs deckle

English

Etymology

Transferred usage of Middle English hekelen (“to comb flax or hemp with a heckle”), from hekele (“a comb for flax or hemp”), from Middle Dutch hekelen (“to prickle, irritate”), from Proto-Germanic *hakil?n?. Related to hackle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Verb

heckle (third-person singular simple present heckles, present participle heckling, simple past and past participle heckled)

1. (transitive) To question harshly in an attempt to find or reveal weaknesses. [from later 18th c.]
2. (transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger.

   Promise that you won't heckle me after my performance.

3. (textiles) To prepare flax for spinning using special combs called hackles

Synonyms

(prepare flax for spinning): hackle

Related terms

• heckler
• heckling

Translations

Noun

heckle (plural heckles)

1. Alternative form of hackle (“tool for separating flax”)
2. The long shining feathers on a cock's neck.
3. A feather ornament in the full-dress bonnets of Highland regiments.

Anagrams

• Heckel

English

Etymology

From German Deckel, diminutive of Decke (“covering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l
• Homophone: decal (Canada)

Noun

deckle (plural deckles)

1. (paper-making, art) A frame or edge which limits the pulp and, consequently, the size of the resulting paper.
2. A membrane covering the outermost side of a brisket of beef, where it was attached to the rib cage
3. (Jewish cuisine) The fattier, smaller point-cut portion of a brisket of beef, being the superficial pectoral muscle.

Synonyms

• (point-cut portion of a brisket): point

Derived terms

• deckle edge
• deckle-edged

Anagrams

• deckel, eckled

German

Verb

deckle

1. inflection of deckeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative